Kyōka Izumi

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Biography

Born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, as Izumi Kyōtarō. He studied under Ozaki Kōyō and produced numerous works imbued with fantasy and mysticism, including "The Night Patrolman" (Yakō Junsa), "The Surgery Room" (Gekashitsu), "The Holy Man of Mount Kōya" (Kōya Hijiri), and "The Song of the Troubadour" (Uta Andon). His distinctive supernatural and aesthetic style influenced later writers including Tanizaki Jun'ichirō and Mishima Yukio.

Literary Schools / Movements

Romanticism

Publication Venues (17 venues)Click to filter works by venue

Selected Works (206 works recorded in Aozora Bunko)

  • 活人形 (Katsu Ningyō) (1893)
  • 黒壁 (Kuro Kabe) (1894)
  • 義血侠血 (Gi Chi) (1894)
  • 夜行巡査 (The Night Patrol Officer) (1895)
  • 外科室 (The Operating Room) (1895)
  • 貧民倶楽部 (Himmin Kurabu) (1895)
  • 海城発電 (Umi Jō Hatsuden) (1896)
  • 琵琶伝 (Biwa Den) (1896)
  • 化銀杏 (Ka Ichō) (1896)
  • 竜潭譚 (Ryū) (1896)
  • 凱旋祭 (Gaisen Sai) (1897)
  • 清心庵 (Seishin An) (1897)
  • 三尺角 (San Shaku Kaku) (1899)
  • 湯島詣 (Yushima Mai) (1899)
  • 高野聖 (The Holy Man of Mount Kōya) (1900)
  • 三枚続 (Sammai Zoku) (1900)
  • 処方秘箋 (Shohō Hi) (1901)
  • 蠅を憎む記 (Hae o Nikumu Ki) (1901)
  • 木精(三尺角拾遺) (Mokusei San Shaku Kaku Shūi) (1901)
  • 熱海の春 (Atami no Haru) (1902)
  • 城の石垣 (Shiro no Ishigaki) (1902)
  • 二世の契 (Ni Sei no Chigiri) (1903)
  • 道中一枚絵 その一 (Dōchū Ichi Mai E Sono Ichi) (1904)
  • 道中一枚絵 その二 (Dōchū Ichi Mai E Sono Ni) (1904)
  • 左の窓 (Hidari no Mado) (1904)
  • わか紫 (Waka Murasaki) (1905)
  • 式部小路 (Shikibu Kōji) (1906)
  • 春昼 (Haru Hiru) (1906)
  • 春昼後刻 (Haru Hiru Gokoku) (1906)
  • 婦系図 (Onna Keizu (The Family Tree)) (1907)

Showing top 30 of 206 works. Read in Japanese for full list.

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